A great many things are looking up in the U.S. right now, everything from environmental responsibility to international relations to controlling the pandemic. Part of this, of course, is due to Trump’s having left office, but let’s not overlook the …
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Phasing Out Fossil Fuels
Over the coming 15 years or so, the citizens of Earth will experience great change. From the standpoint of the energy and transportation sectors, that will mean decarbonization, both in our grid-mix and in our automobiles. The years between 2030 …
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Environmental Responsibility Post Trump
A great deal of the environmental damage Trump has inflicted on this planet will be fairly easy to reverse once he’s out of office. Of the 104 regulations that formerly protected our skies and waterways from toxic pollution, 80 of …
Restoration of Core American Values
German-born playwright Bertold Brecht escaped Nazi Germany in 1933; after brief stints in Prague and Paris, he ultimately landed in Copenhagen. At left is the warning he gave the rest of the world when Hitler fell in 1945. The reason …
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Sign of the Times
Here’s a sign that’s painful to read. Normally, presidential elections are about tax rates, public spending, environmental responsibility, civil rights issues, and the like. This one’s about life and death.
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America the Unique
There are so many things about 21st Century America that make it unique among Earth’s nations: our ignorance and rejection of science, our thirst to move race relations back 50 years, our disregard for the welfare of our fellow citizens, …
On Environmental Responsibility, Research Has a Firm Grasp on the Obvious
OMG. Researchers say that? We needed research to come to that conclusion? Yes, leaders who are elected by educated and compassionate people, leaders who honestly support the will of those people, are going to promote environmental stewardship. Every. Single. Time.
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Norway’s Rapid Transition to Electric Transportation
From this article on Norway’s amazing progress in electric vehicle sales: Electric car market share hit a record high in Norway for the first half of the year as overall car sales have been hit by the pandemic but less …
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Is Radical Change Impossible? Don’t Try To Convince Pope Francis.
America is experiencing several watershed events unfolding around us, and questions abound, e.g., can we make a radical change in policing? Many are cynical, skeptical that wholesale changes in anything in this country never happen. Maybe they’re right; we’ll see.
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U.S. Supreme Court: Pipeline Can Cross Appalachian Trail
Ruling against environmentalists, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided that the federal government has the authority to allow a proposed $7.5 billion natural gas pipeline to cross under the popular Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia. Bernie Sanders notes: The Supreme …
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